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* Kit building workshop - We help you build any kit from our store.
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= Class Notes and Materials =
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* Basic Electricity - Voltage and Current, how to measure them. Hook up and LED and measure the voltage and current. Calculate the correct LED series resistors for different voltages.
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== Introduction to Arduino ==
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* Less Basic Electricity - Power, how it is related to voltage and current. Efficiency, comparing the light and heat output of various light sources (fluorescents, LEDs, incandescent, halogen).
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[[IntroArduinoClassNotes]]
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* Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) What it is and how you can use it to control motors and lights.
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= Upcoming Classes =
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* Introduction to Arduino controllers. No prior knowledge required.
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More to be announced soon
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* An introduction to synthesis - Sine, square, and sawtooth waves. Harmonics. Modulation. Filtering. ADSR.
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* An introduction to analog electronics - opamps
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= Ideas for the future=
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* Amateur radio - what is it and why should I care?
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== Kit-building workshops ==
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* Beginner: LED, resistor, 9V battery clip (see Intro to electricity, below)
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* Intermediate: SpokePOV
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* Advanced: ?
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* Expert? More? (SDR, QRP, etc.)
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* Free-for-all: Bring your project, or pick one out; work at your own pace
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* Vacuum Tubes - how they work with hands-on labs.
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== Intro to electricity and electronics ==
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=== Part 1 ===
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* Ohm's Law, how to measure voltage, current, resistance
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* Hook up LEDs, measure the voltage and current
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* Calculate the correct series resistors for different voltages; measure and verify calculations
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=== Part 2 ===
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* Power: its relation to voltage and to current
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* Efficiency: compare the light and heat output of various light sources (fluorescents, LEDs, incandescent, halogen)
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* Pulse Width Modulation (PWM): What it is and how you can use it to control motors and lights
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== Introduction to Arduino ==
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* No prior knowledge required
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== Introduction to synthesis and synthesizers ==
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* History of synth development (an overview)
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* Sine, square, and sawtooth waves
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* Harmonics
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* Modulation
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* Filtering
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* ADSR
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== Analog electronics ==
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=== Part 1: Intro ===
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* Transistors, opamps, etc.
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=== Part 2: Valves ===
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* Vacuum tubes, transformers, etc.
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=== Part 3? ===
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== Amateur radio ==
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* What is it and why should I care?
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== Linux and open source software ==
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* What is it and why should I try it?
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== Ubuntu Installfest ==
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* You bring your computer, and we help you install Linux

Latest revision as of 21:35, 5 October 2009

Contents

Class Notes and Materials

Introduction to Arduino

IntroArduinoClassNotes

Upcoming Classes

More to be announced soon


Ideas for the future

Kit-building workshops

  • Beginner: LED, resistor, 9V battery clip (see Intro to electricity, below)
  • Intermediate: SpokePOV
  • Advanced: ?
  • Expert? More? (SDR, QRP, etc.)
  • Free-for-all: Bring your project, or pick one out; work at your own pace

Intro to electricity and electronics

Part 1

  • Ohm's Law, how to measure voltage, current, resistance
  • Hook up LEDs, measure the voltage and current
  • Calculate the correct series resistors for different voltages; measure and verify calculations

Part 2

  • Power: its relation to voltage and to current
  • Efficiency: compare the light and heat output of various light sources (fluorescents, LEDs, incandescent, halogen)
  • Pulse Width Modulation (PWM): What it is and how you can use it to control motors and lights

Introduction to Arduino

  • No prior knowledge required

Introduction to synthesis and synthesizers

  • History of synth development (an overview)
  • Sine, square, and sawtooth waves
  • Harmonics
  • Modulation
  • Filtering
  • ADSR

Analog electronics

Part 1: Intro

  • Transistors, opamps, etc.

Part 2: Valves

  • Vacuum tubes, transformers, etc.

Part 3?

Amateur radio

  • What is it and why should I care?

Linux and open source software

  • What is it and why should I try it?

Ubuntu Installfest

  • You bring your computer, and we help you install Linux
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